Combined pile-wire holder and cutter for looms



(No Model.)

V. VIZET. COMBINED PILE WIRE HOLDER AND CUTTER FORLOOMS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VICTOR VIZET, OF NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK.

COMBINEDPILE-WIRE HOLDER AND CUTTER FOR LOOMS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent NO. 544,142, dated August 6,1895.

' Application filed May 27, I895. Serial No. 550,899. (No model.)

My invention relates to a combined holder and cutter for pile-wires oflooms, and has for its object to provide an article of the aboveindicated class which will be simpler to manufacture and stronger in usethan those produced hitherto.

Pile-wire holders and cutters as now constructed comprise a blade whichis fitted into a sheath formed upon the wire.

According to my presentinvention the blade or cutter is made in onepiece with the sheath to receive the end of the wire, and by thisconstruction, which will be fully described here inafter and the novelfeatures whereof I will specifically point out in the claims, I secure amuch stronger pile-wire holder than has been possible to produceheretofore.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 shows a blank for producing one form of my improved pile-wireholder and Fig. 2 is a section thereof on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa side elevation of the holder and cutter formed from the blank shown inFig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5 are cross-sections thereof on the lines 4 at and 55, respectively, in Fig. 3. Fig. 6 shows the article represented in Fig.3 as connected with the pilewire. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the holderand pile-wire. Fig. 8 is a cross-section on the line Fig. 9 representsanother blank for producing the pile-wire holder and cutter according tomy invention. Fig. 10 illustrates the holder and cutter formed from theblank shown in Fig. 9. Fig. 11' is a side elevation of the said holderand cutter with the pilewire attached thereto, and Fig. 12 is a brokenplan view of the same.

In carrying out my invention I employ a blank A, as illustrated in Fig.1, which has an outline provided with a straight portion A and a curvedportion A which in the finished article forms the knife-edge of thecuttingblade, thesaid curved portion being continued in areverse curve Aas shown in Fig. 1, and from and beyond-the said reverse curve thereextends a heel portion A and generally an abrupt turn or notch is formedbetween the portions A and A The straight back edge A of the blank issubstantially parallel to the straight portion A, and is located at sucha distance therefrom that the line a a drawn parallel to A and A throughthe notch between the portions A and A willv pass approximately midwaybetween the said parallel lines A and A The blank having been cut of theform described the combined pile-wire holder and cutter is formedtherefrom by bending that portion of the blank which extends beyond theline a a-that is, the portion having the curved outlines A A over theportion having the edge A so as to form a sheath A as will be seen bestin Fig. 4. The heel portion designated as A in Fig. 3 is preferably bentinto close contact with the main or blade portion A as will be seen inFig. 5, whereby great strength is given to the said blade, and thesheath A extends only along the straight portion A. Into the said sheathI insert the end of the pile-wire B (see Fig. 7) and connect thepile-wire and the combined holder and cutter by pressing the partstogether in a suitable machine. It will be understood that the bladeportion A is sharpened in the usual manner and also may have a lateralbend, as indicated at A in Figs. 6 and 7.

In 'the construction illustrated in Fig. 8, the heel portion A extendsonly over a part of the blade portion A and the cutting edge A is formedentirely upon the said blade portion. In some cases it is desirable tofurther strengthen the cutter and particularly the blade portionthereof, and for this purpose I may give the blank the shape illustratedin Fig. 9, in which the parallel'lines Af and A run at approximatelyequal distances from the central or axial line aa in the same manner asabove described in reference to Fig. 1, and the face portion A also isof the same construction as previously described, having a blade, acutting-edge A and the reverse curve A The heel portion A however, ismade of exactly the same shape as the face portion, having a curvedoutline A and A corresponding to A A, so that when the material isdoubled up along the central line a a (which passes through the notchbetween the reverse curves A and A) the straight and curved edges ofboth the face portion and the heel portion will be superimposed to forma combined holder and cutter of the form illustrated in Fig. 10. Theportions which constitute the blade or cutter proper will be bent intoactual close contact, while the portions along the straight edges A Awill be left separated to form a sheath in a manner similar to thatillustrated in Fig. 4, and the pilewire B will be connected therewith inthe same manner as explained hereinbefore.

It will be seen thatin each of the two constructions the notch, which islocated upon the line a a, is so arranged that upon folding the heelportion and the face portion the parallel edges A and A will comesubstantially into alignment with each other.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- 1. The herein-described combined pile wire holderand cutter, comprising a blade portion, and a sheathextendinglongitudinally thereof and formed integrally therewith,substantially as described.

tion folded over against that end which carries the cutting edge, andspaced from the other end to form a sheath for the reception of the pilewire, substantially as described.

3. A blank for a combined pile wire holder and cutter, the said blankhaving a face portion and a heel portion provided with substantiallystraight and parallel edges, the face portion also having a curved edgeadapted to form a cutter, and a notch located at the division betweenthe face portion and the head portion and upon a line drawnapproximately centrally between the parallel edges of the blank andparallel thereto, substantially as described.

4. A blank for a combined pile wire holder and cutter, comprising a faceportion and a heel portion of substantially identical shape, and eachprovided with a curved edge adapted for a blade, and also with astraight edge adapted to form a sheath for the pile wire, substantiallyas described.

5. As a new article of manufacture, the herein-described blade for pilecutters, said blade being formed with a sheath extending longitudinallythereof and adapted to receive the pile wire, as set forth.

VICTOR VlZEl.

\Vitnesses: EUGENE LAMBDEN, JOHN LAUER.

